we're in chicago tonight, a city in crisis. kids are dying, shot, beaten, murdered in these streets. the videotaped beating of derrion albert, an honor student, brought washington bigwigs here today but is anyone paying enough attention to what's happening to our kids? >> we have gone to chicago a number of times over the last several years to report on this violence. if this violence was happening in other parts of the united states, many critics say it would be getting a lot more attention. >> part of our ongoing coverage of chicago's gun violence has been to look at what's being done to stop it. which brings us to tonight's report. with killings on the rise, illinois' governor pat quinn launched an ambitious anti-violence program two years ago called the neighborhood recovery initiative. on paper it sounded like a great idea, and it really did catch our eye. and then we investigated and the cnn investigation found some pretty serious questions about whether this was crime prevention or good old-fashioned politics. here's inv